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gmail startup time

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/gmail-startup-time.19688/

mohit sharma
mohit sharma Original post #1
Dec 2, 2005 at 8:20 PM
i use a fast dialup connection and webpages comeup opens fastly , but gmail alwys takes a long time to login !!
do any1 know why ??
Vishal Gupta
Dec 2, 2005 at 8:33 PM
Because it initialize a JAVA applet, thats why it takes some time.....
mohit sharma
Dec 2, 2005 at 8:53 PM
well there is a technology calied as RSS and it is shown in address bar og gmail .
can anyone tell something about this technology .
i had read some articles about them but can't understand the concept really !!
Vishal Gupta
Dec 2, 2005 at 9:02 PM
Its called Live Bookmarks

Live Bookmarks update themselves automatically with the latest content from the Web.

For more info read here.
jay4u
jay4u #7
Dec 2, 2005 at 11:38 PM
i have heard that gmail downloads a javascript which is about 140 kb and then it runs.... dont know whether is true or not... if someone knows please post...
R
Dec 3, 2005 at 12:02 AM
Well... talking about RSS ... it's very good if you don't wanna surf too much and know what's new on any site that has RSS. It's called Really Simple Syndication. For more and to create ur own... goto ... *360.yahoo.com/ravish_hye and view the blog dated Oct, 24



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*ravishchandra.blogspot.com
QwertyManiac
Dec 3, 2005 at 5:35 AM
Why visit all such stuff sites.. GO WIKI ;)
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)
ten24bytes
Dec 3, 2005 at 12:39 PM
The actual theme of the topic was lost in discussing RSS here.

Actually GMail uses a new technology called AJAX which uses JScript to execute commands from the web browser.

To know more:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31071&highlight=ajax
mohit sharma
Dec 23, 2005 at 11:44 AM
one more query as jay4u told it's 140 kb javascript download bfore gmail gets to work , is this download happens everytime ??
means if i open and check my gmail account 30 times a day , this download takes 30 times !!!!!
bcoz everytime i connect to net to check email in a day , everytime gmail takes a long time !!!
QwertyManiac
Dec 23, 2005 at 3:29 PM
^^
No, not every time, only after ur cookie/session expires or if ther is some new mail... :)